Baling and transporting device



LE ROY D. LEWIS BALING AND TRANSPORTl-NG DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. a. 1919.

1,333, 179. Patented 1'. 9,1920.

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' residing at Seattle,'in the countylof King;

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e BQXQ A RY IiEw s. or. ,s A. .I E,. WASHINGTON g] Application filed February To (ZZZ whom it may concern f Be it known that I, LE ROY DANBY LEWIS,

and State of lVa-shington, a citizen "of the United States, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements m Bal ng and particularly to means for use in baling and transporting cord wood. 7

The invention consists in the several features and in the construction, combination and arrangement of features as more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of the invention is to provide means whereby the baling, handling and transporting of cord wood is facilitated.

A further object is to provide means for baling cord wood in such shape that it may be transported by rolling it bodily, from the forest or other place where it has been cut and sawed to the proper thickness and length, to any designated place desired.

A further object is to provide means for forming cord 'wood into circular bales or bundles, preferably of the following sizes:

six feet four inches in diameter and four feet in length, containing one cord of wood; two feet in diameter and four feet in length, containing one half cord of wood; one foot in diameter and four feet in length containing one quarter cord of wood; sixteen inches in diameter and four feet in length containingone third of a cord of wood, or any other size desired.

A further object is to provide means for eliminating the necessity of loading cord wood onto trucks, wagons or other vehicles in order to transport the same from place to place.

' A still further object is to provide means for baling and transporting cord wood which is simple, inexpensiveand durable in construction and easy and effective in use.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side view of my invention; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a detail partly sectional view, on

i an enlarged scale, of the spring device used to retain the arms on the extreme outer ends of the core 1 BALING' Ann .rnnivsron'rnve nnvrcn;

6,1919. Serial in, 275,300;

7 (same ueues Par t vrammed.iiiaf.9,1920.

Fig. is a detailpartly sectional viewof the spring device used between'the balesto adjacent cores. y

-Fig, 5 is a tubularcore which maybe substituted for the'solid core shown in Figs.

"1 to 4: inclusive;

Fig- '6 is 'a side viewsliow ing the bales arranged in tandem; and r Fig. 7- is' a top plan view of Fig. 6. In" the drawi-ngs in which like reference characters denote like parts throughout the several views, 1 represents a plurality of sticks of cord wood, preferably four feet in length, which areformed into a cylindrical bale and held in place by a series of bale wires 2, theends of each bale wire being secured'together in any desired manner, and

3 .is a core preferably made of wood, but which maybe made of any other suitable material, placed lengthwise in the center of the plurality of sticks of cord wood in the bale. Each end of the core 8 is provided,

with a reduced portion a having an annular groove 5, and 6 are arms eachprovided with a sleeve-7 having a spring pin 8 adapted to engage the annular groove 5 and thereby lock the arms to the core and prevent the lateral movement of the bales.- I

' The arms 6 are each provided with a hook retain-the arms on the inner ends'fof two 9 to which a tractor or other motive power I for transporting the bales may be secured. In order to space the arms 6 apart and keep them parallel, a tubular bar 9 is providedthe. opposite ends .of which are bolted to the arms 6.

In Fig. 4 is shown an arm which is pro- -vided with a double set of spring pins 10 for engaging the grooves in the cores, which is used between the bales, to connect the innerends of the cores.

In Figs. 6 and 7 the bales are shown as arranged in tandem, the cores being connected together by means of aser'ies of arms 11 each having a sleeve 12 with a spring pin to engage grooves in the core, and a hook 13 to engage the hooked end 14 of the arm ofthe following hale. I

In assembling the device the cord wood is formed into a round bale with the core inserted longitudinally through the middle portion thereof, the sleeves of the arms placed over the ends of'the' cores and locked by means of the spring pins, when the bale is ready to be; transported to the desired destination by rolling the same. f

i a bale comprising a plurality of sticks of What 'I claim is: 1. In a device of the character described,

abale comprising a plurality'of sticks of Wood, a core extending through said bale andmeans attached to said core adapting the bale to be rolled. i

2. In a, device of the-character described a bale comprising a plurality of sticks of Wood, a core extending through said bale and means attached to the ends of said core adapting the saidbale to be rolled.

3. In a device of the character described,

Wood, a core extending through said bale and arms'attaclied to the ends of the core adapting the saidibale to be rolled.

' 4 In a device of the characterdescribed,

a bale comprising a plurality of sticks of Wood, a hollow core extending through said bale and arms attached to the ends of said 5- core adapting the bale to be rolled.

5. In a device of the character described,

' a cylindrical bale comprising a plurality of sticks of WOOCl, a core extending through said bale, and arms having spring detents by which they are attached to the core.

6. In a device of the character described,

7 In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature. r

e LE ROY DANBY LEWIS. 

